Leviticus 7:6

Leviticus 7:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.
• New International Version (NIV)Any male in a priest’s family may eat it, but it must be eaten in the sanctuary area; it is most holy.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Every male among the priests may eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy.

Context of Leviticus 7:6

4and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys. 5The priest shall offer them up in smoke on the altar as an offering by fire to the Lord; it is a guilt offering. Every male among the priests may eat it; it shall be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy. 7The guilt offering is like the sin offering, there is one law for [both of] them: the priest who makes atonement with it shall have it for himself. 8The priest who presents any man’s burnt offering shall have for himself the hide of the burnt offering which he has presented.

Leviticus 7:6 word by word

כָּל־זָכָ֥ר בַּכֹּהֲנִ֖ים יֹאכְלֶ֑נּוּ בְּמָק֤וֹם קָדוֹשׁ֙ יֵאָכֵ֔ל קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֖ים הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Every maleזָכָרzâkâr · maleH2145
• among the priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• shall eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• in the holyקָדוֹשׁqâdôsh qâdôsh · holyH6918
• placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• mostקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944

Cross-references for Leviticus 7:6

• Leviticus 6:16What is left of it Aaron and his sons are to eat. It shall be eaten as unleavened bread in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
• Numbers 18:9This shall be yours of the most holy things, [reserved] from the fire: every offering of the people, every grain offering and sin offering and guilt offering, which they shall render (give) to Me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons.
• Leviticus 2:3What is left of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings to the Lord by fire.

Commentaries on Leviticus 7:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-7Verses 1-7 See Leviticus 5:14 note. In Leviticus 7:2 “sprinkle” should rather be cast Leviticus 1:5. All the details regarding the parts put on the altar are repeated for each kind of sacrifice, because the matter was one of paramount importance.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-271. Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering--This chapter is a continuation of the laws that were to regulate the duty of the priests respecting the trespass offerings. The same regulations obtained in this case as in the burnt offerings--part was to be consumed on the altar, while the other part was a perquisite of the priests--some fell exclusively to the officiating minister, and was the fee for his services; others were the common share of…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 7:6

• Offerings
• Priest

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Commentaries on Leviticus 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings